Supreme Court slaps Karunanidhi, Congress, and Communists again.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Your Bandh Call Is Illegal. Stop it.
The Supreme Court on Sunday passed an unprecedented order restraining the ruling DMK-led coalition of Congress, Communists, PMK etc, from going ahead with its Tamil Nadu bandh on Monday or any other day and warned it not to 'play with fire' as an apex court judgment had already banned bandhs.
Hearing an 'urgent' petition filed by DMK's archrival, AIADMK, on a Sunday on the Supreme Court premises â the usual practice on non-working days is to hold court in a judge's residence â a bench comprising Justices BN Agrawal and PP Naolekar declared, "So long as the Supreme Court judgment is there, there cannot be a bandh."
"Dont Play With Fire!", the Court said
In a veiled warning to the DMK and its allies not to fool around with the apex court's order and go ahead with its planned bandh on Monday or any other day, the bench said, "Do not play with fire. If you do (go ahead with the bandh), it is illegal as per law laid down by the Supreme Court."
"Whom are you protesting against, after all???", the Court asked
During the hearing, the bench wanted to know from the state as well as the ruling party why the bandh had been called. Was it to protest against the Centre, the project or the Supreme Court, it asked.
An already chastened DMK counsel replied the bandh call was to get the project implemented as soon as possible.
Exactly a month ago, on August 30, an SC bench headed by Justice Agrawal, hearing a plea on the validity of the Sethusamudram project, had restrained the Centre from damaging the Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge.
Bandh, Hartal, whatever. Illegal.
Justices B N Agrawal and P P Naolekar asked DMK counsel A K Ganguly, "Your (DMK's) own resolution says that on October 1, there will be complete cessation of all activities. If that is so, how can you say it is not a bandh but a hartal?"
Noting that political parties generally step around the 1998 judgment by calling for a 'hartal' instead of 'bandh', the bench said, "In our country, we have come to a stage where everything has to be dealt with an iron hand. Nothing moves even after our orders. We have to issue contempt and monitor. Things have come to this stage."
The bench added, "Orders of the Supreme Court are not complied with, what to talk of the high courts where 99% of the orders are not obeyed."
And still, in contempt to the court, State Transport Off road.
CHENNAI: Though the Supreme Court had stayed the Tamil Nadu bandh called on Monday by the ruling DMK and its allies on the Sethusamudram project issue, buses in most parts of the state were off the roads and shops in main thoroughfares remained closed.
It was a 'virtual bandh' in the state, with Southern Railways operating only skeletal services.
However, autorickshaws and taxis were seen plying in the city.
Chief Minister and DMK patriach M Karunanidhi, along with leaders of Congress and Communists are on day-long fast in front of the guest house here on Monday morning, demanding early implementation of the Sethusamudram project.
http://ramasetu.blogspot.com/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Do_not_...how/2417711.cms
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Karunanidhi speaks Hindi. Mellows down.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âHindustan hai desh hamara, jaan se hai humko pyaara, Hindi, Muslim Sikh Isaai, aapas mein hain bhai bhaiâ (India is our country and Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians are all brethren.)
Thatâs Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, pioneer of the stateâs anti-Hindi agitation, speaking the language he campaigned against many years ago - all to prove that he is secular and his comments on Lord Ram were not meant to hurt Hindu sentiments.
The DMK patriarch has called for a voluntary hunger strike in Tamil Nadu to press for the speedy implementation of the controversial Sethusamudram project. In fact, he is ready to defy the Supreme Court ban on the bandh called by him.
âI respect people's decision more than any court's verdict,â he said, addressing a meeting of party workers in Chennai.
Karunanidhi on Sunday accused state Opposition leader and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa of hypocrisy, pointing out how her own election manifesto in 2006 had promised to implement the project.
Pushed into a corner, Congress too, finally, broke its silence.
"How will this benefit Tamil Nadu? Well, it will bring ports and industry. They're spending Rs 2,500 cr on it. Where will this money go? It'll all come back to the people of Tamil Nadu,â Congress State Secretary M Krishnaswamy said.
{jai-sonia-mata-di brand idiot does not know that the money will go to the multinational companies involved in the dredging operations.}
While Karunanidhi accused his opposition of using Ram politics with an eye on the possible mid-term polls, his own coalition partners like Thol Thirumavalavan of the Dalit Panthers of India used Ram rhetoric to woo his Dalit electorate. Many allies like Tha Pandian of the CPI used his signature rebellion to rouse his atheist Communist votebank.
But amidst the political melee, it was Union Shipping Minister TR Baalu who seemed to have had the last word.
<span style='color:red'>âI promise you that the first ship will go through the Sethusamudram channel in front of your eyes,â he said.</span>
{He promises! }
For now, it seems the battle, assuming epic proportions, will be fought in Tamil Nadu and the response to Karunanidhi's so-called voluntary strike, which may invite contempt of court proceedings, could be an indicator of the public mood in the state.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mk-pulls-a-fas...di/49660-3.html
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Your Bandh Call Is Illegal. Stop it.
The Supreme Court on Sunday passed an unprecedented order restraining the ruling DMK-led coalition of Congress, Communists, PMK etc, from going ahead with its Tamil Nadu bandh on Monday or any other day and warned it not to 'play with fire' as an apex court judgment had already banned bandhs.
Hearing an 'urgent' petition filed by DMK's archrival, AIADMK, on a Sunday on the Supreme Court premises â the usual practice on non-working days is to hold court in a judge's residence â a bench comprising Justices BN Agrawal and PP Naolekar declared, "So long as the Supreme Court judgment is there, there cannot be a bandh."
"Dont Play With Fire!", the Court said
In a veiled warning to the DMK and its allies not to fool around with the apex court's order and go ahead with its planned bandh on Monday or any other day, the bench said, "Do not play with fire. If you do (go ahead with the bandh), it is illegal as per law laid down by the Supreme Court."
"Whom are you protesting against, after all???", the Court asked
During the hearing, the bench wanted to know from the state as well as the ruling party why the bandh had been called. Was it to protest against the Centre, the project or the Supreme Court, it asked.
An already chastened DMK counsel replied the bandh call was to get the project implemented as soon as possible.
Exactly a month ago, on August 30, an SC bench headed by Justice Agrawal, hearing a plea on the validity of the Sethusamudram project, had restrained the Centre from damaging the Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge.
Bandh, Hartal, whatever. Illegal.
Justices B N Agrawal and P P Naolekar asked DMK counsel A K Ganguly, "Your (DMK's) own resolution says that on October 1, there will be complete cessation of all activities. If that is so, how can you say it is not a bandh but a hartal?"
Noting that political parties generally step around the 1998 judgment by calling for a 'hartal' instead of 'bandh', the bench said, "In our country, we have come to a stage where everything has to be dealt with an iron hand. Nothing moves even after our orders. We have to issue contempt and monitor. Things have come to this stage."
The bench added, "Orders of the Supreme Court are not complied with, what to talk of the high courts where 99% of the orders are not obeyed."
And still, in contempt to the court, State Transport Off road.
CHENNAI: Though the Supreme Court had stayed the Tamil Nadu bandh called on Monday by the ruling DMK and its allies on the Sethusamudram project issue, buses in most parts of the state were off the roads and shops in main thoroughfares remained closed.
It was a 'virtual bandh' in the state, with Southern Railways operating only skeletal services.
However, autorickshaws and taxis were seen plying in the city.
Chief Minister and DMK patriach M Karunanidhi, along with leaders of Congress and Communists are on day-long fast in front of the guest house here on Monday morning, demanding early implementation of the Sethusamudram project.
http://ramasetu.blogspot.com/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Do_not_...how/2417711.cms
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Karunanidhi speaks Hindi. Mellows down.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âHindustan hai desh hamara, jaan se hai humko pyaara, Hindi, Muslim Sikh Isaai, aapas mein hain bhai bhaiâ (India is our country and Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians are all brethren.)
Thatâs Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, pioneer of the stateâs anti-Hindi agitation, speaking the language he campaigned against many years ago - all to prove that he is secular and his comments on Lord Ram were not meant to hurt Hindu sentiments.
The DMK patriarch has called for a voluntary hunger strike in Tamil Nadu to press for the speedy implementation of the controversial Sethusamudram project. In fact, he is ready to defy the Supreme Court ban on the bandh called by him.
âI respect people's decision more than any court's verdict,â he said, addressing a meeting of party workers in Chennai.
Karunanidhi on Sunday accused state Opposition leader and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa of hypocrisy, pointing out how her own election manifesto in 2006 had promised to implement the project.
Pushed into a corner, Congress too, finally, broke its silence.
"How will this benefit Tamil Nadu? Well, it will bring ports and industry. They're spending Rs 2,500 cr on it. Where will this money go? It'll all come back to the people of Tamil Nadu,â Congress State Secretary M Krishnaswamy said.
{jai-sonia-mata-di brand idiot does not know that the money will go to the multinational companies involved in the dredging operations.}
While Karunanidhi accused his opposition of using Ram politics with an eye on the possible mid-term polls, his own coalition partners like Thol Thirumavalavan of the Dalit Panthers of India used Ram rhetoric to woo his Dalit electorate. Many allies like Tha Pandian of the CPI used his signature rebellion to rouse his atheist Communist votebank.
But amidst the political melee, it was Union Shipping Minister TR Baalu who seemed to have had the last word.
<span style='color:red'>âI promise you that the first ship will go through the Sethusamudram channel in front of your eyes,â he said.</span>
{He promises! }
For now, it seems the battle, assuming epic proportions, will be fought in Tamil Nadu and the response to Karunanidhi's so-called voluntary strike, which may invite contempt of court proceedings, could be an indicator of the public mood in the state.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mk-pulls-a-fas...di/49660-3.html
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